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nydia · 07-01-2008, 11:56 AM

I would not recommend syringe feeding them if you do not have experience you can easily drown or choke the babies if you do not know how to administer milk from a syringe. If I were you I would give them atleast 2 more weeks with their mother before I tried to ween them off of nursing from their mother, if they were hungry you would know it because all they would do is cry, if they are not crying then their mother is doing fine. In two more weeks when you do start to introduce the babies to food I would crush hard food into a powder almost and mix it with a little bit of esbilac milk on a flat saucer and let them feed that way, if they do not feed through the saucer then try with a syringe but only give them a little at a time do not empty the whole syringe into their mouths you could choke them.

07-01-2008, 11:56 AM	#3
nydia Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 292	I would not recommend syringe feeding them if you do not have experience you can easily drown or choke the babies if you do not know how to administer milk from a syringe. If I were you I would give them atleast 2 more weeks with their mother before I tried to ween them off of nursing from their mother, if they were hungry you would know it because all they would do is cry, if they are not crying then their mother is doing fine. In two more weeks when you do start to introduce the babies to food I would crush hard food into a powder almost and mix it with a little bit of esbilac milk on a flat saucer and let them feed that way, if they do not feed through the saucer then try with a syringe but only give them a little at a time do not empty the whole syringe into their mouths you could choke them.